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May 26, 2021

We are well into the 21st century, and yet 50% of women and girls in developing countries, including India, cannot afford basic sanitary products to manage their periods, and rely on unhygienic practices such as old rags, sand and ash.

Together with limited knowledge and limited sanitary facilities, this leads to...


Aug 28, 2020

BIC Talks is pleased to present the first full episode of a brand new podcast, Scrolls and Leaves, on Pandemics and Borders. 

Scrolls & Leaves is a podcast featuring stories from the margins of history. Global events are usually explained through a mainstream gaze, and lack perspective from other societies, and...


Jun 1, 2020

Oncologist Dr. Hari Menon talks to host Pavan Srinath about how treatable cancer is today, and a how cancer diagnosis is no longer always terminal. 

Dr. Hari Menon is the director of hemato-oncology at Cytecare Cancer Hospital in Yelahanka, Bangalore. Previously, he was a Professor at the Tata Memorial Hospital,...


May 25, 2020

Medical Scientist Dr. Gagandeep Kang talks to host Pavan Srinath about ongoing drug development efforts against COVID-19. She discusses the challenges of developing antiviral medicines and lays out the unprecedented efforts taking place to test drugs old and new, against the novel Coronavirus. 

In case you missed it,...


Apr 20, 2020

Medical Scientist Dr Gagandeep Kang talks to host Pavan Srinath about the development of vaccines, ongoing efforts on COVID-19, and the challenges of developing immunity and resistance against the pandemic.

More than a hundred vaccine candidates are being developed across the world, with several novel vaccine efforts...